Buttons, Buttons, Buttons

 

Happy Friday everyone!  I am thrilled to announce that I have been invited to be a part of the Cardz TV Design Team and today is my first challenge as part of the team.   This week our challenge was to create a card and incorporate buttons.  At first I kind of scratched my head trying to figure out something I could do that I hadn't done yet.  It took a bit but I finally came up with this card.

 

My Palm Tree is a cut made using my Sizzix and the lizard is from the new Southwest cartridge.  I used sand paper for my beach to add a bit of texture to the card and as you can see my buttons are sitting up in the tree.

 

The stamp I chose for my card is from the Cardz TV "Simply Said" set.

 

And now that you've seen my take on this week's challenge hop on over and check out all of the other wonderful designs our team put together for you this week......you know you wanna. 

 

When you're done oohing and aahing, create your own card, link up and play along with us. 

 

I look forward to see what you create.

Don't Quote Me

Happy Wednesday everyone.  Today I have a fun challenge for you to share with you.  Over at CardzTV we are having our 128th Crafty Cardz Challenge titled, yep, you guessed it, Don't Quote Me.  For this challenge you make card using your favorite quote.  How easy is that?

 

Since I don't really have one favorite quote I opted to use this wonderful paper full of quotes as the background for my card.  But what does the howling wolf have to do with any of them you ask?  Nothing specifically but since wolves howl as a way to communicate I thought it was fitting since today is all about communicating a variety of sayings.

 

And now that you've seen my card for this week's challenge be sure to check out the other projects our crafty ladies have for you this week.  Then after you've been amply inspired be sure to play along with us.

Southwestern Celebration

I don't generally play around with too many of the "free cut" previews offered by Cricut Craft Room as they don't appeal to me.  However, this past weekend I was bored and decided to check this one out.  I made several cuts not knowing what I'd end up doing with them in the long run, but hey they were free so why not add them to my rainy day stash?

I love the little silhouette characters for this card because they look like they're dancing and playing their flute in celebration.  So right away I decided to make this birthday card for my oldest daughter using some of the cuts I had made.  It's a fast and simple card but hey who doesn't like having one or two or a few of those lying around when needed? 

 

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